Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18840, Benjamin Goodwin, Mass. (& Probably N.H.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. (probably N.H.)
Goodwin, Benjamin
S. 18840
CONTENTS
carded

Maine
11.516
Benjamin Goodwin
of Co in the State of Maine who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Hubbards of the Regt commanded by Col Scammons in the Massachusetts Troops - - - - -
23 Mo Private - - $76.66.
Inscribed on the Roll of - Maine at the rate of 76 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of May and sent to - 1833 J Goodwin P. N. Alfred Me.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 153.32 Pension allowance ending Sept. 38.33
$191.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book C Vol. 5 Page 18

Lead Letter to Mr. Shaw for £3. 00 19 Jan'y 1844
Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March to 18 May 1842. Agent Notified 11 April 1844

State of Maine.
County of York, ss. On this twenty second day of August, A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before William A. Hayes, Judge of the Court of Probate, for and within the county of York aforesaid, now sitting at Alfred, Benjamin Goodwin a resident of Shapleigh in the county & state aforesaid, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary army, and served as herein after stated - about May, 1775, he enlisted at Berwick in said County, where he then lived, for the term of eight months with capt. Philip Hubbard, and served in his company, at Cambridge and vicinity, till about January, 1776, where & when he was discharged - The officers of said company were capt. Philip Hubbard, Lieut. Jeddiah Goodwin & Ensign James Roberts; the regiment was commanded by Col. James Scamman, Lieut. Col. Johnson Moulton & Major Daniel Wood, of the Massachusetts Militia.
Again he enlisted at said Berwick, about January or February, 1776, for the period of one year, with said capt. Philip Hubbard, & served with said company for that period at Kitty Point & vicinity, at or near the mouth of Portsmouth harbor, and was discharged there in the early part of the year 1777. Nathaniel Coffin was a Lieutenant of said P. Hubbard's company - which company remained at Kitty Point, now in the state of Maine, but then in Massachusetts, and belonged to the Massachusetts line.
Again he enlisted at said Berwick  Kitty in said county of York about August 1777, for the period of three months, with Capt. Elisha Shapleigh, & served with said company, at Stillwater, Saratoga & vicinity, & was in the battles fought with Burgoyne's army in September & October, and at his surrender, and accompanied & guarded the prisoners of war from Saratoga to Albany & thence to Hartford, Connecticut, where he was discharged some time in November, 1777. In this term of duty the officers of said company were capt. Elisha Shapleigh of Kitty, Lieut. Philip Doore, & Ensign - Hammond, in the Massachusetts militia regiments under Col. Joseph Storer, Lieut. Col. Noah Littlefield.

On or about the 25 th May, 1818, he applied at Court & proved on part of the foregoing services , and obtained a Pension certificate dated Sept. 19, 1819, numbered A. H. 215; but was dropped from the pension roll in 1820.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Witness: John L. Goodwin, John L. Grant,
Benjamin his mark Goodwin
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
We, Elisha Bacon, a clergyman, residing in the town of Sanford, and Jeremiah Goodwin, esq., residing in the town of Alfred, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Goodwin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about 78 years of age, that he is reputable and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Elisha Bacon
Jeremiah Goodwin
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid,
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elisha Bacon who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Sanford Maine, and that Jeremiah Goodwin who has signed the same is a resident in the town of Alfred Maine and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Goodwin for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty-second day of August, A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate

I Ichabod Lord of Shapleigh in the county of York and state of Maine, do testify and say that I am seventy seven years of age; that I was born in Berwick in said county of York, and lived there till about 1780, except while in the revolutionary army, and since 1790 have lived in said Shapleigh; that I have intimately known Mr. Benjamin Goodwin of said Shapleigh for more than seventy years past, who was born & lived near me in said Berwick till about about 1780, (except while a soldier in the Revolutionary army) when he removed to said Shapleigh & since resided there.
And I the said Ichabod Lord distinctly recollect that said Benjamin Goodwin enlisted about May 1775, into the company commanded by Capt. Philip Hubbard at said Berwick, for the term of eight months, and recollect when he marched away with said company, as Simeon Lord, my brother, was the orderly sergeant of said company; that said Benjamin Goodwin was absent with said company, as I understood - at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and vicinity, about eight months.
In the summer & fall of 1777, I was a soldier in Capt. Samuel Derry's company in Col. Bailie's regiment, and was at Stillwater & Saratoga at the time the battles were fought with Burgoyne's army in September & October, 1777, and distinctly recollect that said Benjamin Goodwin was a soldier at Saratoga & vicinity at the time aforesaid, but cannot say in whose company or for what period - I have always understood he belonged to Capt. Elisha Shapleigh's company in Col. Joseph Storer's regiment of Massachusetts militia. I always understood that he further served as a soldier in Capt. Philip Hubbard's company at Kitty Point, but I was absent in the army at the time.
Witness: Jere Goodwin, John L. Brant.
Ichabod Lord

York, ss. Alfred, August 08, 1832. Then personally appeared the within named Ichabod Lord, to me well known, and made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed in my presence. Before Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace & Notary Public. May 3, 1833. I hereby certify that said Ichabod Lord, to me well known, is an highly credible witness. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace.
I Edward Morrison of Shapleigh in the county of York & state of Maine, on oath testify & depose that I am in my seventy fourth year of age, and that I was a soldier in James Littlefield's company in Col. Joseph Storer's regiment of Massachusetts militia, for between three & four months in the autumn of 1777, and with said company was at Stillwater & Saratoga in September & October, 1777, in the battles fought with Burgoyne's army & at his surrender, and I further testify that Benjamin Goodwin of said Shapleigh, now personally present, was a soldier in said Storer's regiment, and it is believed in Capt. Elihu Shapleigh's company, and was at Saratoga in the battles aforesaid, and I have always understood that he served at that time for the period of three months - and I have always known said Benjamin Goodwin since, having lived near him in said Shapleigh over thirty years past. Witness: John B. Grant, Esq. Jeremiah Goodwin, Esq. Edward Morrison
County of York, ss. At Alfred, August 20, 1832. Then personally appeared the aforementioned Edward Morrison and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence. Before me, May 3, 1833. It is believed that said Edward Morrison is a credible witness. Attest, Jer. Goodwin, Justice of the Peace. Jeremiah Goodwin, Jus. of Peace & Notary Public. State of Maine.
York ss. I William Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Jeremiah Goodwin is a Notary of the Peace and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty-second day of August, A.D. 1832. Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

Declaration of Benjamin Goodwin, in Court Aug t 22, 1832, and his supplement thereto Novem r 29, 1832, with collateral testimony.

State of Maine.
County of York, ss. Town of Alfred, this twenty ninth day of November, A. D. 1832, before Jeremiah Goodwin, a Justice of the Peace & a Notary Public, within & for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Benjamin Goodwin, a resident of the town of Shapleigh in said county of York, and being duly sworn according to law, declares that he (said Benjamin Goodwin) is seventy eight years of age; that he was born in the town of Berwick in said county of York, and lived there (except while a soldier in the Revolutionary War) till about January, 1778, when he removed to said Shapleigh, where he has since resided: And he further declares that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army for three successive tours, to wit; first, for eight months from about May, 1775, in Capt. Philip Hubbard's company in Col. James Scamman's regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, and served therein at Cambridge, Massachusetts, & vicinity, till about January, 1776, as more fully set forth in his annexed Declaration made before the Hon. Wm. A. Noyes, Judge of the Probate Court for the county of York, on the 22 d day of August, 1832: Secondly, that he again enlisted about January or perhaps February, 1776, at said Berwick, for the period of one year, and served in Captain Philip Hubbard's company, at Kittery-Point & vicinity, in Maine, at or near the mouth of Piscataqua river, or Portsmouth harbor, till January or February, 1777, when & where he was discharged; that Nathaniel Coffin, then of said Kittery, was the lieutenant of said Philip Hubbard's company, and that said Hubbard's company was the only troops then stationed at Kittery-Point, but further up the river there were other troops, but of

what regiment or state line he never knew, and he further declares that other troops, at that time, were stationed at Great-Island, then so called, (now called, (as known by the magistrate), New-Castle, on which fort Constitution is situated) on the New-Hampshire shore, opposite to said Kittery-Point, but who commanded said troops, or to what regiment or state line they belonged, he (said Benjamin Goodwin) does not recollect, if he ever knew. And the said Benjamin Goodwin further declares that he does not recollect, if he ever knew, to what regiment said Philip Hubbard's company belonged, as he never saw, to his recollection at this time, any regimental field-officers; but as capt. P. Hubbard was a resident citizen of said Berwick, then belonging to the state of Massachusetts, and as said Hubbard in 1775 served in Col. James Scamman's regiment of Massachusetts Militia, it is presumed that his company, in 1776, stationed at Kittery-Point, in which the declarant served the period of one year as last aforesaid, belonged to the Massachusetts line, inasmuch as the officers & men of said company belonged mostly, if not wholly to Berwick and Kittery.
And thirdly, your declarant then engaged as a substitute for one Samuel Fernald of Kittery, a private in capt. Elisha Shapleigh's company of Massachusetts Militia, in Col. Joseph Storer's regiment, and that said declarant served as said Fernald's substitute in said company from about August, 1777, till about November following, the period of three months or more, at Saratoga & vicinity, as more fully set forth in the annexed declaration before referred to.
Why the declarant's previous declarations, made in 1818, 1820 & 1829, have varied from the annexed declaration & this supplement, it is impossible

impossible for him to explain; unless it be attributed to his great age, his infirmity of body & mind and impaired recollections, and especially to his great deafness, his inability to read or write; and that thereby mistakings and misunderstandings have arisen by the persons who have taken his respective declarations aforesaid: He is sure that his recollection for many years has been very imperfect; yet he feels quite confident that the annexed declaration & this supplement, in the main, state his services, during said three tours, correctly, to the best of his recollections - and still, before now he did not recollect or state that his last tour of duty in Capt. Shapleigh's company, at Saratoga, was performed as a substitute for Samuel Fernald. And further saith not.
Witness: Rev. Goodwin, John S. Grant, Ichabod Lord, Elisha Goodwin
Benjamin his Goodwin mark.
Ichabod Lord, esq. of Shapleigh aforesaid, being duly sworn, declares that he was born in in Berwick in the year 1725 being over seventy seven years, and resided there till about 1784, except while a revolutionary soldier; that he has been intimately acquainted with said Benjamin Goodwin of Shapleigh, now personally present, for over seventy years, having lived most of the time a neighbor to him - that said Goodwin is quite infirm, and his recollection has been much impaired for ten or fifteen years past - From a knowledge of said Goodwin, he is believed to be a credible witness, but his recollection is not now good or clear.
This affiant is positive that said Goodwin was a soldier at Saratoga in October, 1777, having seen and conversed with him there, and

always understood, from said Goodwin and others of his fellow soldiers, more than fifty years ago and since, that he served three tours in the Revolutionary army, as by him stated in his annexed declaration; that this affiant has no doubt of the general correctness of his said declaration, having always believed that he served the tours stated. And further with note.
Isaac D. Lord
Witness, Jeremiah Goodwin.
State of Maine - County of York, ss. Town of Alfred, on this twenty ninth day of November, 1832, personally came the aforementioned Benjamin Goodwin of Shapleigh in said county, to me known as the identical Benjamin Goodwin, to whom the Pension Certificate N o 14.425, dated Sept. 18, 1819, was granted, - who made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed in my presence. And I hereby certify that I duly examined and cautioned said Benjamin Goodwin before this declaration was reduced to writing, and although his recollection as to his Revolutionary services, and of the officers with whom he served, is not very clear & particular, - manifesting a mind somewhat impaired by age & infirmity; yet his recollections of his three tours of services mainly concurred with his annexed declaration made the 22 d August, which was then taken by me. I have now exhibited to him his original declaration of the 12 th February, 1829, wherein it is stated that, he "enlisted for the term of one year, as a private soldier, - day of October or Nov r , in the year 1776, in the Massachusetts State of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Capt. Philip Hubbards, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Pierce Long, in the line of the State of New Hampshire, on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until sometime in the month of October, 1777, when he was discharged from said service, at Saratoga in the state of New York"; and he now unhesitatingly says this statement of his year's service is erroneous. And I hereby certify that said declaration of 12 th February, 1829, from which the above quotation is made, was then taken and reduced to writing by me: I presume, for I have no

distinct recollection of his statements then, that I reduced to writing his service (for one year) as then related; and I can account for the error in no other way, than that he is very illiterate, without system in relating connected circumstances, and inclined to blend his several tours of duty; and moreover, he is, and was then very hard of hearing, approaching deafness, and very difficult to make him understand inquiries. Not having known him but five or six years past, and but partially during this period, I cannot certify as to the credibility of his testimony.
And at the same time & place, personally appeared Ichabod Lord, esquire, to me well known, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence. And I hereby certify that I have known him for over twenty years past; that he is an highly respectable and credible man, and he testifies as to said Benjamin Goodwin's credibility and impaired recollections.
In testimony of all which, I the said Jeremiah Goodwin, a Justice of the Peace & Notary Public, within & for said county of York, duly appointed, commissioned, & qualified, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, this 29 th day of November, A. D. 1832.
Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace, and Notary Public.

Benj. Goodwin
14.425
John C. C. C.
March 10/20

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment ad Alfred from day to day, on the eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Ch: Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of July — in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County  Benjamin Goodwin aged sixty six years, resident in Shapleigh — in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Hubbard in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Pierce Long in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty eighth day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered No 425 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Witness W.B. Sewall
Benj. Goodwin mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 18th day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj. Greene Ch: Justice { One of the Judges of the said Court. Attes Daniel Sewall Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
50 acres of rocky, broken land, part under tillage viz d about 10 acres - a house 1 story high - 2 rooms & unfinished - a barn 1 yoke of oxen - 2 cows - 2 yr old heifer & sheep - 1 hog - few articles of household furniture not worth much
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a farmer reason of disorder & infirmities
Benj a Goodwin which I am unable to pursue by
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Children - Eunice 29 incapable of any business   Oliver 26 able to work    Benj a  his Goodwin mark  witness W.B. Sewall
STATE OF MAINE.
I, W.B. Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is two hundred & ninety dollars and  cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July - A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W.B. Sewall { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

Benjamin Goodwin's Application for Pension.
1 March 1823
Maine
(March 20)

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this 12th day of February , 1829 in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas, held at Alfred , within and for the County of York on the Second Tuesday of February , A. D. 1829 , Present the Hon. Ozekiel Whitman , Justice of said Court; said Court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine and imprison, and being a Court of Record in said County, personally appeared Benjamin Goodwin of the town of Shapleigh , resident in said county, aged seventy five years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he the said Benjamin Goodwin , enlisted for the term of one year as a private soldier day of Oct r or Nov r in the year 1776 , in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Philip Hubbard , in the regiment commanded by Colonel Pierce Long , in the line of the State of New Hampshire , on the _____ Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until some time in the month of October, 1777 when he was discharged from the said service, at Saratoga , in the State of New York , that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property, in July 1820 .
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Na- val service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
And I further declare on oath that my original declaration was made on or about the 28th May, 1818 , on which said declaration a pension certificate was granted me bearing date Sept r 18, A. D. 1819 , numbered 14,425 .
Witness: Jeremiah Goodwin
His Benjamin X Goodwin mark.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
One tract of land in the town of Shapleigh in the county of York containing about twenty five acres, with an old house thereon unfinished, 36 by 20 feet, one story; no barn or shed premises. Two cows, two hogs, five sheep; various articles of household furniture, not worth twenty dollars exclusive of beds and bedding and clothing.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Benjamin Goodwin, who, by occupation am a farmer, which I am not able to pursue by reason of old age and infirmity.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sally Goodwin, my wife fifty two yrs. In health and able to do family work.   Eunice Goodwin, my daughter, thirty six yrs. An idiot; unable to do any labor.   A child of said Eunice, two years. Much trouble and expense.  
THAT since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
I sold and conveyed twenty acres of land, part of my former tract, to Elisha Goodwin, by deed dated June 7, 1820, as recorded on 217 th page of the 104 th book of York County Records, sold for the purpose of raising means to support myself. And some personal property has been disposed towards supporting myself.
Benjamin Goodwin mark.
Witness: Jeremiah Goodwin.
Sworn to and declared on the 12 th day of February, 1829, before
Ezekiel Whitman.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Benjamin Goodwin did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Four hundred dollars and the Income center thereof twenty four dollars yearly & no more.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this second day of March 1829
Jere. Bradbury CLERK of the C. C. P.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Ans
June 8, 1926
Julia A. Littlefield 50 Pleasant St Springvale, Me.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18840, it appears that Benjamin Goodwin was born at Berwick, York County, Massachusetts (which was later Maine), date not stated.
While residing at Berwick, he enlisted and served as a private in the Massachusetts Troops, as follows-
From May 1775, eight months in Captain Philip Hubbard's Company, Colonel James Scammon's Regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.
From January 1776, one year in Captain Philip Hubbard's Company, and was stationed at Kittery Point, under Colonel Pierce Long.
From August 1777, three months in Captain Elisha

Shapleigh's Company, Colonel Joseph Storer's Regiment, and was at both battles of Stillwater.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 25, 1818, while a resident of Shapleigh, York County, Maine, aged sixty-three years.
In 1829, soldier referred to his wife, Sally, as aged fifty-two years; and daughter, Eunice, aged thirty-six years, who had a child, two years old, name not given. In 1830, daughter, Olive, was twenty-six years old.
Soldier died May 18, 1842, leaving children, whose names are not mentioned.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

#50 Pleasant St. Springvale Me.
Bureau of Pensions — Washington, D.C.
Sir —
I am very anxious to learn if you have any record of Benjamin Goodwin of S. Berwick, Maine — in your Pensions Records — who fought in the War of the Revolution: Will be glad to forward you for a copy of such Records —
Very truly Yours.
Mrs A. L. Tuttle

18840 INVALID.
File No. 18,840
Benjamin Fordwin
Rev Rev
Act: June 7 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 147
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1926 James H. Hall to Julia A. Sheffield cont.

37 016 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 016
Benjamin Goodwin Died Nov 1880
Act: 18 th March 1881
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Consolidated with D.W. Rev. File 18,840

No. 425 Maine R
Benjamin Goodwin of Shapleigh in the District state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
inscribed on the roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of Sept 1819 and sent to Benj m Greene South Berwick, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 157 9 / 3 d 22.80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 48
$ 170.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

see letter to J. Goodwin April 27. 1829.
letter to J. Goodwin 27 th October 1832
Letter to J. Goodwin
20. April 1833
Wm. check name 31 July 1820 Leaves sent to Frank Church Esq.

see letter to J. Goodwin April 27. 1829.
letter to J. Goodwin 27 th October 1832
Letter to J. Goodwin
20. April 1833
Notification sent to David Sewall Esq. Winnebagosh Maine 31 July 1820

State of Maine York, ss.
On this third day of May, A.D. 1833, at Alfred in the county of York, before Jeremiah Goodwin, a Justice of the Peace, personally appeared Benjamin Goodwin of Shapleigh in said county, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he is in the seventy ninth year of his age, and that he served as a private soldier in three several tours in the Revolutionary War; that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively the precise time of his enlistments & discharges in the several tours of services, but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods herein after mentioned, all in the grade of a private soldier; to wit,
For eight months in Capt. Philip Hubbard's Company in Col. Jas. Scammon's regiment of Massachusetts Militia, at Cambridge & vicinity, in 1775:
" one year in Capt. Philip Hubbard's company, it is supposed in Col. Leire Long's Regiment in the New Hampshire line on the Continental Establishment, at Kitty Point, near mouth of Portsmouth Harbour, from about January or February, 1776, to January or February, 1777: and
" three months at least in Capt. Elisha Shapleigh's company in Col. Joseph Storer's regiment of Massachusetts Militia, & served at Still-water & Saratoga & vicinity, from about August to November or December, 1777: and for
these several tours of services he said Benjamin Goodwin claims a pension under the act of June 7, 1832.
Witness: Jeremiah Goodwin John S. Grant.
Benjamin Goodwin mark

York county, ss. Alfred, May 3, 1833. Then the within named Benjamin Goodwin, to me known, personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed by his mark in my presence. And I hereby certify that said Benjamin Goodwin is believed to be a credible witness, though his recollection is evidently impaired. Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace.
And I hereby certify, that said Benjamin Goodwin, on being interrogated by me, as to what regiment Capt. Philip Hubbard's company belonged in 1774/6, when he served therein one year at Kittery Point, now says, he believes said Hubbard's company then belonged to Col. Pierce Long's regiment in the New Hampshire line on the Continental Establishment; but of this fact he seems to feel not confident, only so impressed. He says positively that Nathaniel Coffin, then of Kittery, State of Shapleigh, and now deceased, was the Lieutenant of said Hubbard's company during the year service in 1774/6. And I hereby certify that on referring to the record of said Nathaniel Coffin's declaration, for restoration, made in Court July 18, 1820, said Coffin states he was a Lieutenant in Capt. — Hubbard's company in Col. Pierce Long's regiment in the New Hampshire line; and it further appears that said Coffin's original pension certificate bore date May 10, 1808, and numbered 17208. And I further certify that said Nathaniel Coffin is dead. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace for York county.

I Richard Hubbard of the town of Acton, late a part of the town of Shapleigh in the county of York and State of Maine, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am seventy two years of age, that I am am a son of the late Capt. Philip Hubbard of Berwick in said county, and was born and lived at said Berwick till about 1772, when I removed to where I now lives; that I have known Benjamin Goodwin of said Shapleigh, who is now present with me, ever since the year 1775; that in 1776 I was a private soldier in the company commanded by my father, the late Capt. Philip Hubbard, for the period of one full year, and that said Benjamin Goodwin was a private soldier in the same company at the same time with me; to the best of my recollection, said Benjamin Goodwin and I enlisted in said company for the period of one year, on or about the month of January, 1776, and soon after, said company was marched from said Berwick to Kittery Point, near the mouth of Portland Harbour, where we were stationed and remained the full period of one year under said Capt. Philip Hubbard, and was discharged at said Kittery Point at the close of the year's service in the

early part of the year 1777. Nathaniel Coffin, who died at said Shapleigh, some six or eight years since, was the Lieutenant of said P. Hubbard's company during the year's service of said Goodwin & myself at said Kittery Point, as aforesaid. My father's company was the only troops at that time stationed at Kittery Point, but farther up the river towards Portsmouth there was one or two other companies, though I do not recollect who were the officers; nor do I know to whose regiment my father's company belonged, not recollecting of seeing any field officers at the place of our station. It has always been my impression that said company belonged to the Massachusetts line, as both the Captain, the Lieutenant, and about all the men belonged within Massachusetts, in the towns of Berwick and Kittery.
I am positive said Goodwin & I served one full year as aforesaid, and that we were discharged at same time, and returned to said Berwick together, said Benjamin Goodwin living within half a mile from my father's residence; and I distinctly recollect that neither I nor said Goodwin, or any of the men had any written discharge, or other written evidence of our services. And I have always understood from said Benjamin

Benjamin Goodwin and others, at the time & since, that said Benjamin Goodwin served as a soldier before and after the year's service with me as aforesaid, but the periods of his services before and after the year's service, I cannot state particularly; I have always understood he served two other tours, and having been acquainted with him ever since I can recollect, I have believed him a credible witness. Richard Hubbard Witness: Jeremiah Goodwin 3
State of Maine.
County of York, ss. Town of Alfred, May 4, 1833. Then personally appeared the above-named Richard Hubbard, to me known, and believed as a credible & reputable witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence.
Before me, Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace for said county.
Reference for Pension Office. It appears by Benjamin Goodwin's declaration, & Richard Hubbard's affidavit, that Nathaniel Coffin was the Lieutenant of Philip Hubbard's company in the year's service. Said Nathaniel Coffin had a pension certificate granted him under the law of 1818, numbered 17,208; by referring to Coffin's declaration in 1818, it will appear to what Regiment Capt. Hubbard's company belonged, & to what state line.

I William Stone of Shapleigh in the county of York and state of Maine, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am about eighty seven years of age, and was born & lived at Berwick in said county till about 1780, when I removed to, and have since have since lived in said Shapleigh; that I have been well acquainted with Benjamin Goodwin now of said Shapleigh, who was born & lived at said Berwick till about 1778, when he removed to said Shapleigh, within two miles of where I live, for over sixty years past; that in the spring of the year 1775, said Benjamin Goodwin and I both enlisted as private soldiers at said Berwick, for the period of eight months, in Capt. Philip Hubbard's company in Col. James Scammon's regiments of Massachusetts Militia, and served that period in said company at Cambridge, at Prospect Hill, & other places in the vicinity of Boston & Charlestown, in the state of Massachusetts. Jedediah Goodwin of said Berwick was the Lieutenant, and James Roberts was the Ensign of said Capt. Hubbard's company, during the eight months' service as aforesaid. I do not recollect the time of our enlistment, but recollect our company (Capt. Hubbard's) had arrived at said Cambridge about

a month before the Bunker Hill battle in the month of June, 1775, and that we remained in service the full period of eight months and were discharged at said Cambridge, at a fortification called Number One, in cold weather of that year or the first part of the year 1776.
On the day of the Bunker Hill battle Col. Scammon's regiment was marched to Lechmore's Point, west of Charlestown, and at the close of the battle the Regiment attempted to pass over Charlestown Neck on to Bunker Hill, and a part of Hubbard's company, including myself, did pass the Neck, and met our troops retreating.
I recollect that said Benjamin Goodwin, soon after we returned from Cambridge as aforesaid, enlisted again and went to Kittery Point, but I do not recollect how long he served there, as I, in the summer of 1776, served as a soldier at Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, but I always understood from said Goodwin that he served a year at Kittery Point in Capt. Phillip Hubbard's company. And I have always understood from said Goodwin that he served one other tour at the taking of Burgoyne's Army at Saratoga in 1777, but I do not know the particulars of said service. Having well known said

said Goodwin before and since 1795, and believing him a man of truth and a credible witness, I have no doubt he served the other two tours beside the one we served together in 1795, as before related, as he always so stated to me; and I knew he went to Kitty Point under Capt. P. Hubbard of ten we returned from Cambridge.
Witness:
Jeremiah Goodwin Jee. Bradbury
his William Stone mark
State of Maine.
County of York, ss. Town of Alfred, May 6, 1833. Then personally appeared the aforementioned William Stone, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed by making his marks, in my presence.
And I do hereby certify that I have known said Stone about twenty years past, and that he has ever been reputed a man of truth, and believe him a credible witness. His great age & consequent infirmity have evidently impaired his recollection.
Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace for said York county.

I John Stanley of Shapleigh in the county of York and state of Maine, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that I am sixty six years of age, and have been well acquainted with Mr. Benjamin Goodwin of said Shapleigh, now present, since about January 1798, when he removed to said Shapleigh, & has since lived a near neighbour to me. I believe said Benjamin Goodwin to be an honest man, and a credible witness, and a man of strict truth; but he is hard of hearing, and his recollection is much impaired by reason of old age. I have always understood from said Goodwin, for over fifty years past, and from others in the neighbourhood, that he was a revolutionary soldier in several tours, and have frequently heard him relate his services at different times over fifty years ago, and have no doubt he served as he has stated in his annexed declaration. witness: Jeremiah Goodwin. John his Stanley mark
State of Maine.
County of York, ss. Alfred, May 3, 1833.
Then personally appeared the aforementioned John Stanley, to me well known and believed to be a credible witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed by making his mark, in my presence.
Before me, Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace for said county.

State of Maine.
Each fs. I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Jeremiah Goodwin is a Justice of the peace for the county of York and also a notary public for said county and that the signatures purporting to be his to the declarations of Benjamin Goodwin and to the depositions of Richard Hubbard, William Stone, John Stanley, and Ichabod Lord are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal official this ninth day of May A.D. 1885.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate
Pay to Jeremiah Goodwin for pension.

Post Office at Alfred, York co. Maine, May 9. 1820.
$76:66 per ann -
James L. Edwards, Esq. Committee of Pensions, Washington City.

Post Office, Alfred, York county, State of Maine, May 9, 1883.
James L. Edwards, esq. Commissioner of Pensions, War Department.
Sir,
The papers of Benjamin Goodwin for a pension under the Act of June 27, 1882, are herewith again returned, with explanatory declaration a third time, and with additional proof of his several tours of service; to wit, 1 st tour - 8 months as a Private in Capt. Philip Hubbard's company in Col. Joel Scamman's regt. of Mass. Militia in 1775 at Cambridge. 2 d tour - 12 months as private in Capt. Philip Hubbard's company, at Kittery Point in Maine, from Jan'y or Feb'y 1776 to same month in 1777. 3 d tour. 3 months at least in Capt. Elisha Shapleigh's company in Col. Joseph Storer's regt. of Mass. Militia, at Saratoga in 1777.
These several tours of service are fully & completely proved by his fellow soldiers, to wit; the affidavit of William Stone proves positively the first tour of eight months, being a fellow soldier with said Benja a Goodwin in the same company; and traditional evidence of the second tour of 12 months at Kittery Point.
The affidavit of Richard Hubbard (a son of late Capt. Philip Hubbard) proves, positively, the second tour of twelve months in Capt. Philip Hubbard's company at Kittery Point, from about Jan'y 1776 to Jan'y 1777, being a fellow soldier in same company with said Goodwin; and traditional evidence of the other two tours.
The affidavits of Ichabod Lord, esq. & Edward Morrison, taken and connected with the original declaration, in Augt. 1882 (and now certified by me that the affiants are credible witnesses) and the additional affidavit of Ichabod Lord, taken by me on 29 th Novemr. 1882, when his credibility was fully certified, - prove his last tour of three months in Capt. Shapleigh's company in Col. Storer's regiment of Massachusetts Militia, at Saratoga in 1777 from August to about December - and the affidavits of Ichabod Lord, John Stanley, Richard Hubbard & William Stone prove traditionally the other tours of service; and they all say that Benja a Goodwin is a man of truth, but his memory is impaired by old age & infirmity.
By the mass of testimony now forwarded each and every tour of his services is positively proved by fellow soldiers; and fully support his principal declaration made August 22, 1882, & the two supplementary & explanatory declarations made before me, in Novr. 1882 & B. May instants. There is a mystery as to

to the regiment & state line to which Capt. Philip Hubbard's company belonged during the year's service at Kitty Point in 1776; no living witness can be found who can state the regiment and its commander & the state line, but Goodwin now believes the company belonged to Col. Pierce Long's regiments of the New Hampshire line, though he does not appear positive in this belief. He and other witnesses say that Nathaniel Coffin, now deceased, was the Lieutenant of Hubbard's company at the time, and Coffin in his declarations in 1820, says he was a Lieutenant of Capt. Hubbard's company in Col. P. Long's Regiment in the New Hampshire line on the Continental establishment. I will respectfully refer you to Lieut. N. Coffin's declarations made in 1818 & 1820, on file in your department, for the regiment to which said Hubbard's company then belonged. It is impracticable to furnish any further satisfactory explanation of the discrepancies in Brig. Goodwin's former declarations of 1818, 1820 & 1829, as to his year's service, than is furnished in his supplementary declaration of Nov. 1832, and testimony of Ichabod Lord, connected with my certificate annexed thereto.
There cannot be a rational doubt of his services at three towns, amounting in all to twenty three months, at least, and that his declarations, now forwarded, state his services correctly, in the main, and are supported by positive proof of others, who served with him. And it is hoped the case is satisfactorily proved, and that the Department will not hesitate to allow the claim as just, and forward his Pension Certificate therefor to me as soon as practicable.
With much Respect, Sir, I am yr. mo. ob. servant,
Jeremiah Goodwin.

Benjamin Goodwin
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Portland Maine at the Cumberland Bank.
W. D. D.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Benjamin Goodwin late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the twentysixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
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Mr. Benj m Goodwin

War Department,
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PENSION OFFICE,
31 July 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards
To Mr.
Benjamin Goodwin York Co. Maine
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July 5. 1844
Mr Evans

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 16 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child ren of Benjamin Goodwin, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Seventy Six — Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March — to the 18 th May 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Brig. Goodwin -
Purvis 1st Light Artillery Regiment Massachusetts Line
1776 - 1 year Col. O'Neills 1st Regt With regard to the 12 months service - the regiment and name of the colonel should be stated.
Subsequent information of the service of the regiment and the name of the colonel should be stated in the following manner
19 May 1819
Admitted
May 25 1818

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this twentyfifth day of May A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Benjamin Goodwin aged sixty three resident in Shapleigh in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:"—
That he the said Bry. Goodwin in the month of May A.D. 1775, enlisted as a private soldier under Capt. Phillip Hubbard of the Regiment commanded by Col. John Scammon of the Massachusetts line in the Continental Army, the term of eight months, and continued to do his duty in his said Company and Regiment until the expiration of that term, and in the battle at Bunker Hill & as soon as his first enlistment had expired he again enlisted in the same Company Col. Peabody Reg. Mass. Vol. Troops for the full term of twelve months & served the whole of the last mentioned term, at the expiration of which he was honorably discharged in the month of January A.D. 1777— (and in proof of the foregoing Declaration made by the said Bry. Goodwin , Nath. Coffin & Aaron Goodwin two credible disinterested witnesses, personally appear, & being first duly sworn according to law, they upon their oaths do say, that the said Bry. Goodwin did serve as a private soldier in the Continental Army in the Company under the command of Phillip Hubbard eight months, & twelve months as he has testified, and at the expiration of the last mentioned term was honorably discharged)
And the said Bry. Goodwin in addition to his own oath, proves by the certificate of the Selectmen & Overseers of the poor of the Town of Shapleigh
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Bry. Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Bry. Goodwin did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of September Anno Domini, 1818.
Bry. Greene